SO the police have taken to hiding in horse boxes to catch out motorists. What next? Will they paint themselves black and white and lie near zebra crossings? Will a “sleeping policeman” now contain a real-life bobby?

While we must applaud Mr Brunstrom’s crusade against the speeding motorist, his team surely must draw a line somewhere.

Reducing the speed limits or placing cameras on dangerous roads should always be commended, but hiding in a horse box as traffic filters by blissfully unaware just strikes of being underhand.

If you speed on a North Wales road and are caught out by a yellow camera on a pole then you surely have to hold your hands up and admit you were wrong.

The problem starts when you camouflage cameras, but still punish the motorist. In fact one campaigner for motorist rights suggested yesterday that if you cut a slot at the top of the horse box, it could be called the “piggy bank.”

Unfortunately this is the corner North Wales police have backed themselves into.

Due to their record on speeders, even good ideas which could save lives will be met with a certain degree of scepticism.

You see the public perception is that all this is about making money – not saving lives.

And unfortunately getting bobbies to hide in horse boxes to spy on motorists won’t do anything to change that.